Confirming the Pastoral Call : A Guide to Matching Candidates and Congregations

by Umidi, Joseph L.

• ISBN13: 9780825439025
• ISBN10: 0825439027
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780825446801
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Kregel Pubns
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Summary

A guide to both sides of the candidate process. Valuable appendices help with selection of the search committee and self-evaluations for congregation and candidate.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Whirlwind Romance	7	(5)
Part 1: A Time for Relationship Renewal
Matches Not Made in Heaven	12	(6)
Leaving and Cleaving	18	(8)
Part 2: Models and Methods for the Church
Search Committees: Choosing the Right People	26	(9)
Your Church Profile: Clarifying Core Values	35	(7)
Heart Issues: Determining Your Church's Readiness for Change	42	(10)
Integrity: Confirming the Candidate's Character	52	(9)
Relationships: Identifying the Candidate's People Skills	61	(11)
Part 3: Models and Methods for the Candidate
Dangerous Dating Delusions	72	(8)
Know Thyself: Lust or Love?	80	(8)
Interviewing: Getting Past the Mating Rituals	88	(10)
Leadership Matching for the Twenty-First Century	98	(11)
Appendix 1 Concert of Prayer	109	(2)
Appendix 2 Covenant for a Search Committee	111	(2)
Appendix 3 Core Values Audits	113	(3)
Appendix 4 Readiness for Change Inventory	116	(5)
Appendix 5 A Self-Evaluation of Our Church and Members	121	(7)
Appendix 6 Sample Reference Check Form	128	(3)
Appendix 7 Individual Leadership Developmental Time Line	131	(1)
Appendix 8 Calling the Right Senior Pastor	132	(7)
Appendix 9 Ministry Self-Evaluation Forms	139	(7)
Appendix 10 Seeing Your Church from the Candidate's Point of View	146	(3)
Appendix 11 Leadership Development Evaluation Questions	149	(1)
Endnotes	150